8 8 Fire

Isabella felt scorchingly hot in her bedroom and she wondered why. She stood up and when she opened her bedroom door, she was shocked that fire was eating up the house. She banged the door closed, pulled a chair and broke the windows behind her so she could get out. Then, when she was already outside, she looked at the big house. It blazed like a huge torch.

She saw Teresa not far from her. She asked her where father and mother were.

"I… don't know," they looked at each other, shocked, until she realized that she had been orphaned early. Isabella was unable to talk. Tears welled down her eyes as she billowed slowly with an undulating motion; she heard herself scream.